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the one we made is the same as this....http://www.surfrocketfishing.com/surfrocket2.swf

mate....awesome piece of gear....i wouldnt want to get in the way of it...its would go right through you without even slowing down...prob a good thins we smashed it....

its all over and done with now....we put the bazzooka under a 300 tonne press at work and killed it.....basicly it was a 4 ft tube,with an airtank on the bottom, a special lead sinker was machined up on a lathe that went into the barrel.(looked exactly like a slug gun slug....cept an inch in diametre)....when pressure was good you cracked the valve,sinker hit warp speed,taking the line and hooks out further than ANYONE could cast....trouble was the velocity of the sinker was too great for the bait....i even had to use 50lb line on the sinker trace to keep it attached....when the sinker came out,it did a great job of taking the line and hooks out,but the hooks ripped clean out or through the bait...no matter what it was.

ive recently being trying out a cannon to launch my bait with.....awesome piece of gear to see in action.....but i cant keep a bait on....basicly its a cylinder with a barrel on it...pump up to 60psi and crack the valve....ive seen the line peel off at a great rate of knots, and can launch a rig 200mtres from shore...( not kidding)trouble is though,the bait goes from zero to mach speed in a fraction of a secong,and i cant keep a bait in the hooks.... even a whole frozen tommie gets ripped apart when it fires....if i use just the sinker its been flung over 400 mtres.....alas all good things must come to an end and it was given back and destoryed after a kiindly word from a friendly police officer that "DESTROY IT OR ELSE" comment sort of put the wind up us a bit....

abu 7000 is my weopan, matched to an ugly stick .....not that i get a lot of snapper with it,in the 20 plus years ive been fishing in the boat ive landed a total of 1 fish....13.2kg snapper that was the most boring fish in the world to hook...didnt do a damn thing.from hookup to gaff in UNDER 3 minutes....so now i only fish snapper from the rocks.....if you rock fishing for them...nothing will beat an alvey 650C imho....strapped onto a 15 yrs old snyderglas 8 wrap.... not much this combo wont stop,unless its bigger than me ( which has happened a few times.

oh hell yeah.....been out in some big seas(whyalla snaooer contest a few years ago if any can remember) you get very small amouts on water this way...and with a bit of practice and 2 on board,skipper can start and drive next to anchor,crew gives a tug,and skipper can just keep putting forward until the pick is on board.

Just one question ...Don't you still need to get up the front to tie the anchor off on the cleat?Sounds like a great idea though!

as spog said....the anchor is tied off at the front....when you pull the anchor,you pull the rope into the side of the boat,...picture the anchor rope going from the front.....with ANOTHER short rope that goes from the stern,to the bow anchor rope.....has a rubber ring around it...when you pull it it drags in the anhor rope until you can reach it....then just pull in from side and the anchor comes into the boat,...hang on...i will race out and get a pic or 2.....OK....BIT HARD WITH THE COVER ON TO SEE,BUT I THINK YOU WILL GET THE IDEA....FIRST PIC IS THE ANCHOR TIED OFF AT THE FRONT,BUT IT RUNS TO THE STERN AS WELL...SECOND PIC IS THE RUBBER RING RUNNING ON THE ANCHOR ROPE....THE LINE WE PULL IS THE SMALL GREEN.....DOESNT HAVE TO BE BIG ROPE AS YOU DRIVE THE BOAT NEXT TO IT...ITS ONLY USED TO PULL THE ANCHOR ROPE TO REACHING DISTANCE....THE WHITE ROPE IS THE ANCHOR ROPE THATS TIED OFF AT THE FRONT.THIRD PIC IS WHERE WE STOW THE ANCHOR OFF THE FLOOR WHEN TRAVELING....WHEN WE HEADING IN THE ANCHOR ROPE IS STASHED NEATLY IN THE SIDE POCKETS,BUT FOR JUST SHIFTING ITS FINE ON THE FLOOR....AS SPOG SAID......HUGE BACK SAVER...ABOUT THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE TO GO IN THE CABIN AND OUT THE HOLE IS TO SHORTEN OR LENGTHEN THE ROPE DEPENDING ON DEPTH....NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM IN WHYALLA AS WE PRETTY FLAT....

heres an idea my dad used (rip dad)with the 5.02 streaker dad had, and such a keen and by FAR the best fisherman ive ever seen,dad spent a lot of time on the water.....forget climbing through the cuddy cab and out of a little tiny hole to pull up the anchor.....screw that.... dad tied a line from the back of the boat,to a ring that went around the anchor rope..... when it was time to move,start motor,put in gear,and motor next to the anchor rope....pull the rear rope,and the anchor rope followed...the anchor was then pulled in from the side , and placed in the rear....no more struggling to pull the boat in a head wind in choppy seas getting soaked.....also far easier to throw into the water also....and we all know how the tide and wind sometimes dont play together,and your off the spot so need to pull the pick again...sometimes a few times to set it right.he fitted a piece of 5 inch plastic tubing to the rear in a vertical postion....the ancher sits in there upside down to stop it from banging around the place. im guessing a few will know what i mean and will try it ...believe me....its a lot more friendly on the back and arms as well.....no more funny angles...you pull with your whole body.

i fish the rocks a lot,and have recently been doing all nighters on the stones.....so ive been building a fire to keep the chill off...i take wood with me,but its hard wood so it lasts a while....trouble is getting it going...have used some pine off cuts from home, but they burn too fast....bit of heat then its gone...so some fire lighters,and a quick squirt of reel oil on the wood gets the hard wood burning faster.... quick spary of areogard BEFORE i put a log on works well also....

well that will teach me to read the posts AFTER i right this tip down...sorry BENNYBOY....just read your post on the same subject...my bad.works well though.... been doint it on and off for 9 yrs now.....

cutting compound works well...the same stuff you use when tapping a thread.....goes on thick,and as drill heats it melts....dont be shy when using it.....saves many a good drill bit.

by stubbourn fish im guessing puffers....was on the boat once and seen a bloke nearby pulling them in by the dozens...( as we were) we used the donger,he was using a tennis racket.....we couldnt stop laughing....he pull one in....it pumps up and WACK.....puffer goes sailing....surprised me just how far they went.....

found a neat trick to float a bait out a LONG way then release it to fish the bottom.i use a balloon with a lifesaver attatched...(the candy sort..not the saviers)i tie the balloon to a lifesaver,then the lifesaver to the swivel...i use a lead,cast it out and it drifts with the tide and wind....the sweetie desolves and when through it releases and drops the bait.....i can get around the 300-400 mtres sometimes if wind and tide running well.i dont know if its an old trick or not...ive seen people using balloons before but they were floating a bait and it stays floating...first time i tried it, i couldnt work out how to attach the balloon to line and to swivel...so i ate the sweets,they were yummy as well...im wondering how many will add lifesavers to their tackle boxes now.

i think its a joke sight.....if you look at related sites he has a heap of short vids out.....some off them look painfull....he getas a lure stuck in his nose.....

ive been using tuna oil for a while off the rocks now,gives a real nice slick, and also pour a bit on the bait before casting.the other day i went for a fish....put some on my bait,but would line a tad too much for casting...( i like about 4ft hanging before casting the alvey...) so i let some out,bait went into a puddle and all the oil washed off.....(instantly)this has got me wondering if tuna oil actually does anything at all?great for surface fish,and ive been told that sometimes snapper will feed on the top,but ive never seen it....am i wasting time an money by adding to bait for it to just wash off?i will still use from rocks in the form of a slick and adding to berley mix

I used to use tins of Kit-E-Kat years ago, don't know if it's still available but it worked a treat. Half a dozen holes drilled in the can then freeze. I always used to make handles for them though, tie a rope to them so the cans came home with me, just a bit of wire bent up and put in like on a paint tin.

ow...kit-E-kat...theres a blast from the past.....i wonder if they still DO make it?cant say ive seen it for a while......,but then again...im not looking.....

Would catfish eat cat food?

dont know about catfood....but i DO know that cats will NOT eat a catfish......

ive been watching these on youtube....funny bloke.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrA_kGB007U&feature=related

A quick quiz for you allWhat colour is squid/cuttlefish ink?

im guessing BLUE..... isnt their blood blue?

oh yeah....thanks mate.... after 30 cigs a day i dont think i could run the length of jetty let alone pulling a bag....

ive also seen pillies that thick.....cruising in my boat many years ago when seagulls told a story of action on the surface....me and bro in law were going through the pack and as we left the landing net at home all we had was a bucket....we just scooped them up as we went through them...couple went on the hook and salmon were caught.

bit hard from the rocks and jetty...unless i can run real fast... :icon_lol:

thank never thought of that.....

the dreaded cuttlefish ink..... must be 100 times worse than squid ink im sure...i can get squid ink off fairly easy,but cullty is like scraping wallpaper off.....so now when i catch them i freeze them first,and clean the next day or so...no more ink,..well its still there but its now a solid block of black ice..... bit cold on the hands and fingers cleaning them,but a damn sight easier to wash your hands afterwards.works well on squid as well....no slime to contend with....

ive been using tinned cat food as a berley from the rocks and the boat..... el cheapo brand at 76 cents from woolies works ok in the boat....punch a few holes in it and either drop over the side or chuck the whole tin in the pot...noticed when given a shake the tommies and gar come from nowhere to nail it....and i just happen to have some gents out the back and they get nailed as well...the rocks im not so sure about....because all i do is punch holes top and bottom and throw the whole tin (which is steel and will rust away iin no time) i dont know where its going or to what is going too....ive tried diffent flavours,but tuna seems to work best from the rocks....it flows out better with the tide.....avoid the jelly meat sorts or the pillies....they dont come out of the can...i can remember throwing a can at high tide,and walking out in waders a few hrs later on a run out and picking the can up and it was still full....anyone else use it? last trip from the rocks i also bought some cheap ass dry cat food....2 bucks for 2 kg.(shaped like little tiny fish hahaha)... throwing handfulls at a time out and seems to float a good distance before sinking....so i might have to soak some in tuna or aniseed oil and see what happens...